About this episode

The Long Shots crew previews The Open Championship at Royal Birkdale, discussing course changes, betting strategies, and player picks.

The final major championship of the year is here, and the Long Shots crew is breaking down everything you need to know before The Open Championship at Royal Birkdale. Matt Brown, Wes Reynolds, and Kelley Bydlon dive into the renovated Royal Birkdale layout, discussing how course changes, weather conditions, fairway bunkers, and links golf strategy will impact this year's championship. The crew debates whether accuracy or distance will be the key to success before revealing the statistics driving their betting models. Then it's time for the picks. Hear why the team is backing players like Collin Morikawa, Matt Fitzpatrick, Sam Burns, Tommy Fleetwood, Robert MacIntyre, Tyrrell Hatton, Justin Rose, Russell Henley, Chris Gotterup, and Scottie Scheffler to contend for the Claret Jug. If you're looking for Open Championship betting insight, outright picks, top-20 wagers, course analysis, and golf betting strategy, this episode has everything you need before Thursday's opening round.

People in this episode

Hosts: Matt Brown, Wes Reynolds, Kelley Bydlon

Topics covered

• The Open Championship
• golf betting
• course analysis
• betting models
• player picks
• links golf strategy

Keywords

• Open Championship
• golf betting
• Royal Birkdale
• betting models
• player picks
• golf strategy
• course analysis

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Royal Birkdale

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